It Happened

"Mom I want to know if Santa is real and I don't want you to tell me yes, I want you to tell me the truth. I'm just too curious and I need to know... There's no way he could really fit up anyone's chimney and how could he possibly get a key that would unlock every door. I don't think he would really live in the north pole; it's too cold." Well, what do you say to all that? It's just a little sad having no children around who believe in Santa. They let go of the make believe, and I have to let go of a piece of their childhood. Isn't it amazing how the brain is able to process logic at exactly 8 years of age- like a magic transition? Seems like 8 would be a really good age to make an important decision of some kind =). And with the letting go of the childhood comes enjoying the progression into maturity. Wednesdays I spend the morning in Kelsey's class. Yesterday I was working with a group of kids. One girl talked about her coach losing his job because of the economy. This is too funny. Each child chimed in about the economy being bad- although I'm not sure any of them knew what that meant. Then the best part came. One sweet little guy said, "Yeah, the economy is really bad. It's because of global warming." I love it!

The High Heeled Drama

I bought some fabulous new boots that looked a lot like these. I was very proud of myself for finding my big want for the year at Ross for $24.99. When we got up to the bay area, I whipped them out to keep my legs and feet warm and toasty at church. Just the mere thought of putting them on tickled me! Then it happened. I carefully zipped on up so as not to snag my nylons.... and went to put on the second. There I sat staring at two beautiful black boots- both exactly the same. That's right, my steal of a deal was for 2 right feet. No wonder they were so cheap. Good thing I had a pair of black shoes in the car Tony reminded me of that would work or church would have been a pretty funny show!

C-R-I-C-K-E-T-S!

You may think these little suckers are cute. Here in the Inland Empire we haven't experienced much problem with pests. We have never seen a snake, skunk, or much of anything else in our neighborhood. We get a few desert water bugs at night in the summer, and about twice a year the ants come until we put out more bait and then they go away again. The spray takes care of the spiders. But oh the crickets. They love it here. Maybe a good thing because it feeds all the cute little lizards that run around everywhere- and entertain our dog. But the little nasty crickets! About one a week seems to make it inside the house when one of the doors is open and it just sits in the laundry room... making that cricket noise. I used to think that was a fun noise to hear camping. Now it just makes me grab the nearest shoe. Mind you, those suckers are fast and they hide well!

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